Conversation with Muness Alrubaie

I stayed with Muness Alrubaie for the 3 days I was at Relevance Software. From the first night we talked, through until the very last morning, I was fascinated by his thoughts on team dynamics, leadership and guidance. I made sure that I scheduled a bit of time to talk with him about his ideas, as I think people could definitely benefit a lot from what he has to say. He has a great amount of respect for Jerry Weinberg, so I'm eager to meet Jerry at BizConf this August.

Enjoy!

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The Wandering Book

Enrique Comba had a great idea not so long ago of buying a small notebook and sending around to the people interested in the Software Craftsmanship movement, capturing their thoughts at the beginning of the movement. He called it The Wandering Book: Zeitgeist of the Software Craftsmanship movement.

The way it works is that you receive the book in the mail, you fill in a page with your thoughts on software craftsmanship, upload a picture of the page to the website, then you receive the address of the next person in line. Now, just go mail it. I was the first person to receive it, and I've held it for about 3 weeks. Today, though, I finally mailed it off to Jason Gorman.

The uploaded pictures of the filled-in pages can be viewed on the 'view the book' page (mine can be seen there, as well). It is a great idea, and I can't wait to see what other people write.

Updated Calendar and Map

If you are interested in where I've been this trip, where I'm at and where I'm going, you can always track me at my calendar/map page.

Conversation with Stuart Halloway

While in Durham, NC, I had the extreme pleasure to spend 3 days at Relevance Software. I got to pair with some great people, including a day of Clojure coding with Stuart Halloway, author of Programming Clojure and co-owner of Relevance.

We spoke about Relevance's model as a lifestyle company, working with Clojure, and, of course, random other things.

Enjoy!

Part I

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Part II

Conversation with Stuart Halloway, Part 2 from Corey Haines on Vimeo.

Road Thoughts - Visible Metrics

I've been thinking about the use of metrics a lot lately, as well as a project that I think could be useful when grouped with some other ideas for community self-regulation. We've had discussion on the software craftsmanship google group about it, so I thought I would stop by the side of the road and do a video about my thoughts on it. Plus, bonus dogs!

I'm using my new camera to record this instead of the flip, as I think I will have better luck with the sound. It seems like it works pretty well.

I think this is the longest road thoughts that I've done, so I apologize for the 18-minute length. I was going to edit stuff out, but, well, that's a lot of work. I think I just talked more slowly.

If you have comments, feel free to post them here, but it might be more effective to reply on the software craftsmanship list to this thread, so everyone can take part.

Update: Matt Heusser has an overview/response to the ideas. It is encouraging to see he gets the gist of what I'm talking about. :)

Enjoy!

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Conversation with Ken Auer

Ken Auer is the founder of Role Model Software. Ken's work through the past decade with apprenticeships and his thoughts on software development have been a big inspiration to people I know in the Software Craftsmanship movement. I was fortunate enough to get an introduction after meeting Nathaniel Talbott, and I stayed with Ken for two days in his beautiful, newly-built house/workshop. I had a great time there, enjoying not only some great conversations and code, but also an inspiring time with his family.

Ken was kind enough to not only sit down with me to talk about his thoughts on development, but he also allowed me to video a "How I Got Started In Programming" video with him. That video isn't up yet, as there are a few people in the queue ahead of him, but it is fantastic.

Enjoy!

Part I

Conversation with Ken Auer, Part 1 from Corey Haines on Vimeo.

Part II

Conversation with Ken Auer, Part 2 from Corey Haines on Vimeo.

Conversation with Ivan Acosta-Rubio and Bellatrix Martinez

Ivan and Bellatrix, owners of BakedWeb, hosted me in Miami for a week, and we had a great time writing some fun code: lots of cucumber and rspec! They were a lot of fun, and I got some great insights into the dynamics of a small business from them. We sat down and talked about their thoughts on breaking off onto your own.

Plus, he really got me thinking about going to Venezuela. :)

Enjoy!

Conversation with Ivan Agosta-Rubio and Bellatrix Martinez from Corey Haines on Vimeo.